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John Prine
John Prine was born in 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, and moved to Nashville in 1966. He wrote songs that felt like short stories, often with a dry humor that...
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'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose
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Aimless Love
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Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
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All Night Blue
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All The Best
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All The Way With You
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Angel From Montgomery
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Automobile
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Aw Heck
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Baby Let's Play House
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Baby Ruth
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Back Street Affair
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Bear Creek
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Beautiful World
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Big Fat Love
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John Prine was born in 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, and moved to Nashville in 1966. He wrote songs that felt like short stories, often with a dry humor that could turn quietly devastating. Songs like 'Sam Stone' and 'Angel From Montgomery' sketched characters with such plain-spoken clarity that they became part of the American folk vocabulary.
He released his self-titled debut in 1971, which included 'Sam Stone,' and followed it with albums like 'Sweet Revenge' and 'Bruised Orange.' His writing didn't chase trends; it observed ordinary lives, as in 'Speed of the Sound of Loneliness' or the wry 'Christmas In Prison.' He worked with musicians like Steve Goodman and David Bromberg, but the songs were always his own.
He kept writing and recording into his later years, with 'Lake Marie' arriving in 2017. John Prine died in 2020. The songs remain, not as monuments, but as well-worn stories that still sound true.
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